tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824745890000210678.post2770560388526768894..comments2023-10-30T12:15:27.158-04:00Comments on Frogs in my formula: The thing I wished for didn't really make me happy. Now I kind of feel bad for the kidFrogs in my formulahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15588651443689809504noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824745890000210678.post-70256505450438613152010-10-09T17:21:58.781-04:002010-10-09T17:21:58.781-04:00Look, Caillou is an asshole and we all know it. H...Look, Caillou is an asshole and we all know it. He's such a frickin whiner.<br /><br />That aside, I'm totally guilty of rushing Oscar, but I don't even know why.Jennihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03776942311638100226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824745890000210678.post-89227183818427144292010-10-09T14:18:07.627-04:002010-10-09T14:18:07.627-04:00Hmm, you hate the TV version of Caillou because it...Hmm, you hate the TV version of Caillou because it's too rosy and fake but you hate the book because it's too real. Interesting.JoAnnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10548653968066971599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824745890000210678.post-38961673431549087082010-10-09T00:12:40.152-04:002010-10-09T00:12:40.152-04:00This post made me laugh (thanks!) and also really ...This post made me laugh (thanks!) and also really sad (sarcastic: thanks!). I have the same feelings about Caillou. Not a fan. I also hate how his name doesn't looked like it is pronounced. Unless you are French. I am not.<br /><br />Anyways...the book sounds awful. And those parents! The real ones, not the book ones. I always feel sad too when I hear those things. Like I just want to borrow the kid and give em a big hug. I can not ever imagine talking to my daughter like that no matter how late we are. "Time spent with your kids is never wasted time" right?Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15952894767730720783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824745890000210678.post-85544029644270427602010-10-08T23:25:17.906-04:002010-10-08T23:25:17.906-04:00Maybe those dawdling toddlers just needed a bit mo...Maybe those dawdling toddlers just needed a bit more <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty7qWyat8i0" rel="nofollow"><i>professional</i> encouragement</a>...Nanc Twophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13171827151222610399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824745890000210678.post-35295636713901635512010-10-08T19:29:37.843-04:002010-10-08T19:29:37.843-04:00Great post!
And there's even something to be ...Great post!<br /><br />And there's even something to be learned from a much-older me who still resents the time my college-aged children take from me. . .Liz Wilkey (a.k.a. A Mom on Spin)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14804873736204504475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824745890000210678.post-20429023426933169172010-10-08T19:07:25.313-04:002010-10-08T19:07:25.313-04:00I'm certainly not suggesting we strive for per...I'm certainly not suggesting we strive for perfection, nor am I saying we live life at the pace of a toddler. We'd never get anywhere. What I am saying is that if you're constantly barking at your kids to hurry the fuck up, maybe you can make some minor adjustments so you're not pissed off at your kids all the time.Frogs in my formulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15588651443689809504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824745890000210678.post-6096079693493273592010-10-08T16:29:58.358-04:002010-10-08T16:29:58.358-04:00You're so freakin funny.You're so freakin funny.Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00039056206420438194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824745890000210678.post-69810291603097059862010-10-08T16:06:06.713-04:002010-10-08T16:06:06.713-04:00@ Keely. lol. Yes, I suppose my system has a fla...@ Keely. lol. Yes, I suppose my system has a flaw when dealing with uncooperative people. lol.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824745890000210678.post-52708618093441592542010-10-08T15:05:25.681-04:002010-10-08T15:05:25.681-04:00@marytb: I've tried that 15 minutes. Half an ...@marytb: I've tried that 15 minutes. Half an hour, even. My kid STILL manages to dawdle the time away and we end up late.<br /><br />I think about this a lot. I try really hard not to get irritable - it's not like I'm super invested in my job, after all - but sometimes it's ridiculous the time he can waste. I try to strike a balance. He's a person, after all, but so am I, we just have to work out a compromising agenda.Keelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323783519078200647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824745890000210678.post-12874218831297670902010-10-08T10:38:07.191-04:002010-10-08T10:38:07.191-04:00It's a fine balance between having enough time...It's a fine balance between having enough time, but not too much time to do things, at our house. When we're rushed because I didn't make enough time, I get pissed at myself. Clearly, my two year old isn't setting the schedule. When we have too much time, and he realizes that he can dawdle, or play a little, then that makes us late, then I get cranky. On perfect days (read: almost never) we have just enough time to get it all in without anyone melting down.Mama Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14728171552859416176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824745890000210678.post-38930027845174502142010-10-08T09:50:34.945-04:002010-10-08T09:50:34.945-04:00You know ... is your last 15 minutes of sleep that...You know ... is your last 15 minutes of sleep that precious? Just think ... if you (you being universal, not anyone here in particular) just woke up 15 minutes earlier, you'd be far less hurried.<br /><br />When you're calm and in control, your children feel calm and in control. And think how many squirrels you could feed in 15 minutes. (My kid always wants to feed the squirrels. I generally let her because I don't have anywhere to be that's more important than letting a squirrel starve. lol.)<br /><br />Of course, even though I work, I don't have to take my kid to daycare. I'm sure that makes a difference. I can't imagine having to wake her up every morning and hurry her to get dressed and eat and all that stuff. :(<br /><br />And I don't know where this mentality of, "if our kids want to do 14 activities every week, we have to let them do EVERY ONE even if it means we aren't home a single night." Whatever happened to saying, "No, you can't do that. I'm the parent and I'm not going to raise my family amidst chaos and I'm not going to spend my whole life tired because I spend all night every night driving."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824745890000210678.post-82195741788254365992010-10-08T09:07:51.111-04:002010-10-08T09:07:51.111-04:00We moms just aren't perfect, damn it.
If we d...We moms just aren't perfect, damn it.<br /><br />If we don't hurry the little ones, the older ones don't get to school on time, and then they get in trouble for something they didn't do.<br /><br />Or we don't get to work on time, and we have to take our lumps from the boss. Maybe lose our jobs.<br /><br />It would be so grand if we could live life at the pace of a toddler. Alas, the world doesn't work that way. We have to say "hurry up," and fairly regularly.<br /><br />Or, we can just put them in the car naked, throw their clothes in after them, and head to school. Trust me, it works.The Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157821003454766570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824745890000210678.post-31213554067182317742010-10-08T08:49:19.159-04:002010-10-08T08:49:19.159-04:00Yah, but being busy with kid activities is differe...Yah, but being busy with kid activities is different than being pissed off at your kids all the time because you need to get to work* or squeeze in grocery shopping or you have zero patience.<br /><br />*As a working mom I am in no way saying working parents are bigger offenders. I've seen it go down both ways.Frogs in my formulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15588651443689809504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824745890000210678.post-28093840704742609712010-10-08T08:43:13.425-04:002010-10-08T08:43:13.425-04:00I hate hearing parents yell at their kids in the s...I hate hearing parents yell at their kids in the store. Why did they have them if they make them so miserable?heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00247612074517816806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824745890000210678.post-80920932790900789252010-10-08T08:22:17.134-04:002010-10-08T08:22:17.134-04:00Dude - I call bullshit.
It is BECAUSE of my kids ...Dude - I call bullshit.<br /><br />It is BECAUSE of my kids that I am always in a hurry. Between high school sports practice, middle school sports practice, Volleyball lessons and Girl Scouts - if I am not in a perpetual state of "go" - I am crashing on the couch and won't be able to get back up.<br /><br />I don't know *where* they got their "want to be involved" attitudes from. It's freakin killing me!Lindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01001887689493380499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824745890000210678.post-3882741441633762792010-10-08T07:18:08.682-04:002010-10-08T07:18:08.682-04:00It probably was the kid's fault. Lol.It probably was the kid's fault. Lol.Frogs in my formulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15588651443689809504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824745890000210678.post-53859210770033608172010-10-07T23:59:38.144-04:002010-10-07T23:59:38.144-04:00I bet it WAS Caillou's fault. I bet he was sc...I bet it WAS Caillou's fault. I bet he was screwing around with Mommy's clock radio and f@#%ed up the alarm setting. <br /><br />That's how it works in my house, at least.rachel...https://www.blogger.com/profile/09513121601886576274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824745890000210678.post-61213313909763686502010-10-07T23:01:26.268-04:002010-10-07T23:01:26.268-04:00I was one of the few moms I knew who loved Barney....I was one of the few moms I knew who loved Barney. Why? Because at the end of that god-forsaken program, my toddler son would throw himself at me for an I-love-you-you-love-me cuddle.<br /><br />Maybe now you won't hate Caillou as much as before?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824745890000210678.post-68655352359614756602010-10-07T22:10:37.294-04:002010-10-07T22:10:37.294-04:00I say hurry up all the time. But I get reminded t...I say hurry up all the time. But I get reminded to stop and look at all kinds of things I don't normally look at because they are new to Bruiser.VandyJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874470026207258769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1824745890000210678.post-79745193582235808552010-10-07T21:53:10.359-04:002010-10-07T21:53:10.359-04:00I love and hate this post. Love it because it is f...I love and hate this post. Love it because it is funny and you make a very good point. Hate it because I think you are talking about me. I find myself in this situation too often, getting frusterated with slow poke kids because I'm on a grown-up schedule.... bummer.Getrealmommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03845080109898768505noreply@blogger.com